plurals

[Anonymous]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

[RonBee]

Most of the time we add es to pluralize words ending in o: hero, heroes; potato, potatoes; tomato, tomatoes. However, there are plenty of exceptions: halo, halos; cameo, cameos.

Hm.

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[MikeNewYork]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

I agree with Ron, there really are no rules. Memorization is the only reliable method.

[Casiopea]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

The following rules are incorrect. Sorry. Please ignore them. The correct information is provided further below in another post, Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:39 am

There are three general rules.

1. Add -es if the word ends in consonant+o:
hero, heroes
potato, potatoes
tomato, tomatoes.

2. Add -s if the word ends in sonorants "lo", "mo", "no":
halo, halos
memo, memos
lino, linos

3. Add -s if the word ends in a vowel+o
cameo, cameos
oreo, oreos
hoe, hoes

All the best,

[MikeNewYork]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

There are three general rules.

1. Add -es if the word ends in consonant+o:
hero, heroes
potato, potatoes
tomato, tomatoes.

2. Add -s if the word ends in sonorants "lo", "mo", "no":
halo, halos
memo, memos
lino, linos

3. Add -s if the word ends in a vowel+o
cameo, cameos
oreo, oreos
hoe, hoes

All the best,

Those are pretty good, Cas. Still there are so many exceptions. :wink:

[RonBee]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

There are three general rules.

1. Add -es if the word ends in consonant+o:
hero, heroes
potato, potatoes
tomato, tomatoes.

2. Add -s if the word ends in sonorants "lo", "mo", "no":
halo, halos
memo, memos
lino, linos

3. Add -s if the word ends in a vowel+o
cameo, cameos
oreo, oreos
hoe, hoes

All the best,

Here's another: patio, patios. However, hoe ends in e. :wink:

Also, how about domino? That one (and several others) takes either s or es to make a plural.

:)

[Casiopea]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

There are three general rules.

1. Add -es if the word ends in consonant+o:
hero, heroes
potato, potatoes
tomato, tomatoes.

2. Add -s if the word ends in sonorants "lo", "mo", "no":
halo, halos
memo, memos
lino, linos

3. Add -s if the word ends in a vowel+o
cameo, cameos
oreo, oreos
hoe, hoes

All the best,

Those are pretty good, Cas. Still there are so many exceptions. :wink:

Are there? Let's look at them. Please, feel free to post them. :)

[MikeNewYork]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

There are three general rules.

1. Add -es if the word ends in consonant+o:
hero, heroes
potato, potatoes
tomato, tomatoes.

2. Add -s if the word ends in sonorants "lo", "mo", "no":
halo, halos
memo, memos
lino, linos

3. Add -s if the word ends in a vowel+o
cameo, cameos
oreo, oreos
hoe, hoes

All the best,

Those are pretty good, Cas. Still there are so many exceptions. :wink:

Are there? Let's look at them. Please, feel free to post them. :)

Well, leaving aside the many that have both -os and -oes endings, here are about 40:

mambo/mambos
gumbo/gumbos
bimbo/bimbos
dumbo/dumbos
gazebo/gazebos
jumbo/jumbos
lobo/lobos
limbo/limbos
mumbo-jumbo/mumbo-jumbos
placebo/placebos
umbo/umbos
turbo/turbos
amigo/amigos
banco/bancos
bunco/buncos
bunko/bunkos
bronco/broncos
calico/calicos
coco/cocos
disco/discos
flamenco/flamencos
loco/locos
politico/politicos
portico/porticos
taco/tacos
tobacco/tobaccos
avocado/avocados
credo/credos
condo/condos
commando/commandos
crescendo/crescendos
hairdo/hairdos
judo/judos
kiddo/kiddos
libido/libidos
rondo/rondos
rancho/ranchos
speedo/speedos
toledo/toledos
tostado/tostados
tournedo/tournedos
weirdo/weirdos

[Tdol]

Dos (or do's) and don'ts (or don't's)

[RonBee]

Write a rule for making the plurals of words ending with O

There are three general rules.

1. Add -es if the word ends in consonant+o:
hero, heroes
potato, potatoes
tomato, tomatoes.

2. Add -s if the word ends in sonorants "lo", "mo", "no":
halo, halos
memo, memos
lino, linos

3. Add -s if the word ends in a vowel+o
cameo, cameos
oreo, oreos
hoe, hoes

All the best,

Those are pretty good, Cas. Still there are so many exceptions. :wink:

Are there? Let's look at them. Please, feel free to post them. :)

Well, leaving aside the many that have both -os and -oes endings, here are about 40:

mambo/mambos
gumbo/gumbos
bimbo/bimbos
dumbo/dumbos
gazebo/gazebos
jumbo/jumbos
lobo/lobos
limbo/limbos
mumbo-jumbo/mumbo-jumbos
placebo/placebos
umbo/umbos
turbo/turbos
amigo/amigos
banco/bancos
bunco/buncos
bunko/bunkos
bronco/broncos
calico/calicos
coco/cocos
disco/discos
flamenco/flamencos
loco/locos
politico/politicos
portico/porticos
taco/tacos
tobacco/tobaccos
avocado/avocados
credo/credos
condo/condos
commando/commandos
crescendo/crescendos
hairdo/hairdos
judo/judos
kiddo/kiddos
libido/libidos
rondo/rondos
rancho/ranchos
speedo/speedos
toledo/toledos
tostado/tostados
tournedo/tournedos
weirdo/weirdos

That's quite a list--quite a long list. Where did you find all those?

:)